Propulsive gait

Propulsive gait

Propulsive gait is a form of gait abnormality.

Presentation

"Stiff, with head and neck bent. [ [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003199.htm Medline Plus] ] "

Conditions associated with a propulsive gait

* Carbon monoxide poisoning
* Parkinson's diseasecite journal |author=Knutsson E |title=An analysis of Parkinsonian gait |journal=Brain |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=475–86 |year=1972 |pmid=4655275 |doi= |url=http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=4655275]
* Manganese Toxicity

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